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I PREPAID AUTOMATIC DELIVERY MECHANISM. No. 430,698. Patented June 24, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' JOSEPH MATTHEW SELLERS, OF KEIGHLEY, COUNTY OF YORK, ENGLAND.

PREPAID AUTOMATIC DELIVERY MECHANISM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,698, dated June 24, 1890. Application filed January 21, 1890. Serial No. 337,668. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH MATTHEW SEL- LERS, a subjeot'of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Keighley, in the county of York, England, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Prepaid Delivery Mechanisms, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in apparatus applicable for the delivery of packets or other articles subsequent to the insertion of a coin as payment therefor; and it consists of arranging and constructing the parts forming said apparatus in such a manner that when disks of iron, lead, or card-board are inserted in place of the desired coin the said apparatus will fail to deliver the packet or article desired to be thereby obtained, and even though such pieces of metal or other substance should be thus inserted the apparatus is so arranged as not to be thereby incapacitated or rendered inoperative, but will, on the insertion of the proper coin, perform its proper functions as though no attempt to make it operate by any other article than such proper coin had been made. Moreover, these improvements obviate the possibility of the proper functions of the apparatus being interfered with by the insertion of more than one of the proper coins.

In the following description reference is made to the accompanying sheets of drawings illustrative of this invention, wherein- Figure 1 is a part sectional elevation showingthe handle side of the machine. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the opposite side of the machine. Fig. 3 is a sectional top view of parts shown by Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is aportion of a similar view to Fig. 3, and shows the respective positions of several parts under certain conditions hereinafter described. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the machine.

The ordinary receptacle a for holding the packets or other articles to be delivered subsequent to payment therefor is made use of; or any other form may be employed, as this does not in any way interfere with the motor parts of the mechanism which forms the subject of this invention. Beneath the receptacle a is formed a cavity, in which the operating parts of the apparatus or mechanism are placed.

The maximum size of the proper coin necessary for effecting the desired result is gaged or regulated by the outer slot or opening I), through which it has to pass in the common and well-known manner. Should said coin or token be less than the regulation size, it passes through or along the passage cinto the proper receptacle cl for the coins or tokens without effecting the result of placing the apparatus into workable condition. The coin or token as it passes along the passage 0 is subjected to the influence of a magnet c, with the result that if it is a disk of iron it is arrested in its descent, being held by said magg net 6 until, by the actions of the pin f (whichl is attached to the lever-arm g, mounted upon ,-the shaft 72., so as to be operated by the handle 70 when said handle 7.; is moved by any one wishing to extract one of the packets or other articles) upon the inclined end Z of the lever- Z, to which it is coupled, said magnet e is withdrawn, and so the disk of iron is liberated. The return movement of the magnet e,as also of the lever Z, is effected by the spring 8 However, at the time the magnet e is being withdrawn, the conn ecting-rodm is being moved by the lever-arm g. Consequently its outer end m,which is the one made to receive the proper coin or token, is moved out of position for receiving said disk and so allows the same to pass into the receptacle cl. (See Fig. 5.) Should a disk of pliable metal-such as lead-01 one of card-board be inserted, it descends until it reaches the outer end m (formed as shown by Figs. 3 and 4) of the rod on, where, if it is of the regulation size, it is retained by resting upon the part 1 and the pin or (this pin 0% being fixed in the bearing 0 and its outer end made to extend for the purpose of aiding the arrest of the coin or token, so that when the part on is moved to carry the coin or token clear of said pin n it may when liberated, as hereinafter described, fall into the receptacle cl) until the said part m is moved'to bring it into contact with the part m fixed to or formed on the rod m between which parts m and m it is held. Now, as the handle-lever k is further moved the part m causes the coin or token, as shown at p,

Fig. 3, to press against the part 117. which is held, when free, in the position shown in Fig.

3 by the spring .9, said spring 8 always pressing it, so as to tend to make it assume this position, and should the material of which said disk is formed be of a pliable nature and not sufficiently strong to withstand or overcome the pressure of the spring 8, as would be the case if a leaden or card-board disk was employed, said disk would fail to accomplish the desired effect or would fail to effect the withdrawal of apacket, but would be bent, as shown by Fig. 4 at p, and on the handle 7.: being released, the spring 8' effecting its return movement and withdrawing the part 9% by means of its rod m, the bent disk 19 is liberated and by gravity descends into the receptacle d. However, should a proper coin be insertedthrough the opening I) it moves along the passage until it reaches theposition shown at f), Fig. 3, and when the handle 7a is moved in the direction indicated arm 9-, rod m, and part m, said coin or token p is pressed against the end m of the rodm andby said coin being strong enough to withstand the pressure of the spring 8 and to overcome said pressure the rod m is forced and moved in the direction shown by arrow 3. To. the part m is loosely hinged or attached thelever. t, which is mounted upon the bearing a and has its fulcrum at t. This levert is made to extend so as to lay hold of in order tooperate a sliding piece c, which is mounted or carried by the frame-Work 20.

As the rod m is moved in the direction above described, the sliding piece o is also moved, and in the direction shown by arrow 41', by means of the lever to and as the packets or other articles 12 are stored, as shown by Fig. l and in broken lines, Fig. 2, the one of these. packets that is in the pat-11 of motion of the pieceo is pushed from its reposing position onto the inclined part' 00, down which it moves by the action of gravity into accessible position to the operator, as shown in broken lines at y, Fig. 1.

The. return or opposite movement of the handle is to that indicated by the arrow 2 is effected by means of the spring 8, as above described, and in order that the spring 8 may not cause the rod m to press or follow the rod on as it thus recedes, and so retain the coin within the grip of the parts m and m f a notch is formed in the rod m at the part m and into this not-ch is pressed when free the end 2 of the rod 2 by means of a spring shown in broken lines at .2 Figs. 8 and 4. In this manner the end m is retained, while the end m recedes. Thus the coin p is liberated and by gravity descends into the receptacle d. As the end m recedes, it carries with it,or allows to follow it, the rod 5, which has an inclined part at 6 formed upon or in it, said-part 6 operating the rod z through the medium of the anti-friction bowl 2 mounted thereon in such a manner that when the end m has receded the desired distance from the end m the rod 2' is drawn so that its end 2 sumed and the operations of same may be repeated after the insertion of another com or token for the purpose of extracting another of the packets.

By the employment of the catch mechanism above described for retaining the rod m in the position it assumes when moved, as

above described, it will be seen that the coin I 19 cannot be held within the grip of the parts we and m by the operator regulating or E slightly withholding the return movement of i said part m and by retaining his or her hold of the handle 76,. and so the possibility {of utilizing one coin repeatedly for extract- ,ing the packets is entirely avoided. by the arrow 2, as above described, by the g In order to provide against any attempt at choking this apparatus by putting more than one coin or token in at one time before moving the handle 7c, the side or walla of the passage 0 is made movable by being hinged at 1 c and same is or is tended to be kept in position against the other walls of the passage 5 c by means of the spring 0 until the outer end $771 of the rod mis moved by the handle k,being operated as above described, when the f finger c comes in contact with the projection c attached to said part c, and so moves in f-the direction shown by the arrow '2, by which means the passage 0 is opened laterally, and l the coin or-token first inserted acts as a guide for throwing anything subsequently inserted into the receptacle cl beneath.

As provision against the packets 12 being damaged by any one maliciously inserting a strip of metal or other article up the openlng 09, down which the said packets slide fwhen being extracted, the plate 8 is hinged at 9, and made to extend downward sufficiently far to come into con-tact withthe upper part of the framework when pressed 3 and moved in the direction shown by arrow 11, while by its being thus hinged it will :freely move in the opposite direction, and so allow the packet to descend, the stop-piece "10 being to prevent the strip of metal, 850.,

from being passed beneath said plate 8.

I claim- 1. The rods m and m having the ends m and m respectively, formed thereon or attached thereto, the stationary pin- 42, the I springs s and s, the lever-arm g, and the handle 70, in combination, all said'parts being formed and arranged tooperate substantially as herein set forth, and for the purposespecified.

2. The handle it, the lever-arm g, the rods 'm and m having the ends on. and m re Ispectively, formed thereon or attached therejto, the springs s s, the lever t, the slide 1;, the rod z and its operating-spring 2 the bowl 2 and the rod 5, in combination, all of these parts being constructed and arranged to operate in the manner substantially as herein described, and for the purpose specified.

3. The lever 15 and means for operating 5 same as described, the part m, the finger 0 the projection 0 the Wall 0', and the spring 0 in combination, all said parts being c0nstructed and arranged to operate substan tially as herein specified, and for the purpose 10 set forth.

- 4. The handle k,1ever-arm pin f, lever Z, magnet e, and spring a, in combination,

JOSEPH MATTHEW SELLERS.

\Vitnesses:

ED. B. NICHOLLS, SAMUEL HEY. 

